The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-03
AN OBEDIENT SERVANT.
a Green Girl who believed Ia u Liberia
Execution OF orders.

a Green Girl who believed In "a Liberal
Execution OF Orders.
Some of the mistakes made by green
hired girls are very laughablc. was
talking with q lady few days ago,
and she related her experience with u
girl who came to her "wcll recon-
mcndcd.n II seems that the lady's
husband, who is physician, was
obliged TO arise rather early, and She
instructed the girl 10 ring the bell
promptly at six thirty, and have break
fast ut seven. The girl, who was u
foreigner, signilicd in her own pccu-
liar style that she understood perfectly,
and nothing more was said. The next
morning Mt half past six o'clock sharp,
there was a terrific ringing of the front
door bell. and the doctor thinking
that some one was dying. FASTENED
down TO ascertain the cause Of tho
hubbub. Imagine his feelings when,
upon opening the door he found the
new girl, with the bell knob in her
hand having pulled it out with about
six feet of wire attached TO it.
A few days later, the lady noticed
that her front walk was covered with
dirt and leaves, and as she was going
down town. she told the girl that during
her absence she might busy herself by
sweeping the walk In about two
hours she returned, and finding tho
walk very neat and tidy, entered the
house with the intention of compl-
mcntng the girl But search whcro
there was no girl To bc found. Finally,
she started out to hunt her up, and
found her putting the finishing touches
on the wall, next door She had swept
around the entire square and never
stopped until she struck home basc.-
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Nelson Reed, of Stanhopc, n. T.,
has raised several pumpkins aggrcgat-
ing four hundred and fifty pounds in
weight The largest one weighs eighty
six pounds.
Shutdown is the name of quaint
little place near Big Indian, in the
Catskills, where the people witness the
setting of the sun at three y. m. and
the rising at nine Il. IN, Four mount
aims nearly surround the settlement.
The people are generally healthy, and
those who have lived there for long
time have an owl-likc faculty of sccing
in the gloom.
Eighteen years ago n carpenter
lost his plano while working on u
house at Oswcgo, n. Y. lie hunted
high and low. but found no trace of il.
The other night he dreamed that the
plane was behind the laths at n certain
point in the house. He went there.
took up n clapboard, and found his
tool. Like Rip Van Wrinkles gun. the
plano fell to pieces when he took it up.
Among other relics of the mouud-
builders discovered near Devils Lake,
ID. r.. by Prof Montgomery. of the
North Dakota University, is what he
calls Sacrilicial mound. i'm which.
seventeen inches from the surface. are
wells easily found because of lining
of limo about the sides and LAYERS of
bark on the bottom. These are deep
enough to hold bodies in sitting pos
turc.
OF strange freak Of nature the
Stcubcn RcpUbl,cau says that Henry
Zimmerman, of Scott township, has a
freak of nature in the form Of n pig
with only two legs, both in front
Strange TO say, it runs about with per-
feet ease with its body clear from the
ground There is not sign of a hip
or leg behind. The pig is four weeks
old and is rs fat and healthy rs any in
the litter"
Tho Columbia Sentinel. of Georgia,
publishes this death notice: ION FRI
day last. Just after the sun had kissed
this world good night, and passed into
its bed of crimson and gold. the spirit
Of A. G.. Sturgis vacated its habitation
of clay, and wcnded its way TO the
Father who gave it, and to-day is
walking the glory-lu hills of immortal
ity in the New Jerusalem, where there
is no night"